Toasted Duck
Last year there were only a handful of Americans living in my city of 1.2 million people. When an American holiday rolled around, however, we would try to put something together that reminded us of home and helped our Chinese friends learn about our culture.
By the end of the year, I ended up hanging out with Grahm, a teacher at the local college, quite a bit … and he was always fantastic at bringing some festivity and excitement to the holidays. From the email he just sent me, it appears that he’s doing the same this year:
Well, my Thanksgiving is almost over, and of course it is very uneventful. One good thing about not being busy though is that you get to think of home, and all the good things in it. I just want to thank you all for making food for each other. I think food is maybe the greatest gift someone can give, besides company of course. Please do not take it for granted. I would give my left arm for some turkey and gravy. This weekend I will try to make something like thanksgiving food out of a duck. Yes it will be difficult, considering I only have a toaster oven, but i guarantee it will be delicious.
I’m spending the morning playing flag football with some guys from church, watching some football in the afternoon, then driving up to my brother’s house in Ashland for our T-day meal. I’ll then head up to my parents’ house for the weekend, where I plan to affix my buttocks firmly to the seats of their hot tub for most of the weekend. I’m also going to the Cavs game on Saturday and the Browns game on Sunday before heading home … and I’m pumped!
Happy Givethanksing, everyone. Givvy Hapthanksing.
